Turnitin Debuts New German Language Services

OAKLAND, California -

- Company Releases Turnitin Originality Checking and GradeMark Services for German Speakers in the European Union and Global Markets

Turnitin, the leader in originality checking and plagiarism prevention, today announced availability of its award-winning Turnitin Originality Checking and GradeMark services in the German language. To date, the company has working relationships with dozens of educational institutions in European Union countries with significant populations of German-speaking students including Germany, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland. Worldwide, Turnitin and GradeMark are used in over 108 countries.

“This is in response to the strong demand for our award-winning services to institutions worldwide,” said Dr. John Barrie, PhD, founder and CEO of iParadigms, the creator of Turnitin. “Turnitin and GradeMark have helped millions of English-speaking students across all disciplines become better writers and increase originality, while protecting their work from unauthorized copying.” More info is available at turnitin.com, or in German at: turnitin.com/index_i18n.html?lang=de

Interested parties in the European Union may contact James Thorley of nLearning (sales@nlearning.co.uk or press@nlearning.co.uk) for more information.

About iParadigms LLC

Turnitin is a service of iParadigms LLC, the leader in textual intellectual property protection and a pioneer of web-based services for collaborative, online educational support. The company is at the forefront of using technology to increase awareness of best practices in teaching and learning as it relates to the use of other people’s textual content. Turnitin is the leading originality checking and plagiarism prevention service used by millions of students and faculty and thousands of institutions in more than 100 countries.

About nLearning

nLearning (www.nlearning.co.uk) is a leading provider of consulting and software services for academic integrity in Europe, supporting the adoption of Turnitin in over 650 academic institutions (including 97% of UK universities). Established in 2002, nLearning promotes a holistic approach to addressing plagiarism, through a combination of ethics, engineering and enforcement. The nLearning advisory and training service, PlagiarismAdvice.org, offers consultancy and guidance for institutions and national government bodies. Much of the material produced is subsequently available at no cost to the community from our PlagiarismAdvice.org website, and at our biennial international conference on plagiarism prevention (www.plagiarismconference.com).

Source: iParadigms LLC

US, Katie Povejsil, Vice President of Marketing of iParadigms LLC, +1-510-287-9720, kpovejsil at iparadigms.com; or UK/EU, Will Murray of nLearning, +44-0845-643-0105, press at nlearning.co.uk, sales at nlearning.co.uk